Day 65 of the 2015 season: Another one crossed of the bucket list

We had this day all planned out and thankfully the forecasted wind cooperated although another 5-10mph would of helped.
Met up with Craig at Frankfort for a day of kiting.
Before he arrived and the winds inside were still light I blew up my inflatable SUP and SUP surfed for an hour or so. Had fun catching some 2-4 foot inside well organized surfable waves - this could be an addicting sport.
When Craig arrived we rigged our big kites on the not so crowded Frankfort beach, little did we know how crowded it would become in a few hours. We launched and kited on the north side of the breakwall for awhile in marginally light winds, at one point I actually tried to head in it was that light. When I did get to the inside it was as fluky and the kite dropped, couldn't relaunch, people in the way etc..... finally got it back up in the air and decided to head back out.  Luckily it did pick up a tad and I was able to gain upwind ground. Meanwhile Craig was still out doing good considering the conditions.
Played on the north side for awhile then decided to head to the inside of the harbor. Once in the harbor the wind was still borderline most of the time and going toeside was difficult but other times it worked. Spent a few hours playing in the harbor with some butter smoothness and some small chop for chop hops. Finally headed back out to north side due to wind getting lighter. Got to the crowded beach with fluky winds and a difficult landing.
We took a break, derigged and got out of the beach crowd.
We then headed over to the other side at Elberta. Launched in the harbor and did a evening quickie session with 45 minutes of powered conditions.
I counted 9 kiters at peak and 20 plus surfers on the waves.
Then a well earned happy hour and dinner up the road at the Cabbage Patch eatery.

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Frankfort Harbor  

TOW:  11:00 -3:30 and 5:00 - 6:00
Gear:   11M Rally, 11M Z, TT, Naish Nalu SUP board
Water Conditions:  some nice swells/voodoo swell/butter smooth flat water
Weather:  mid-80s
Wind:   12-25 SSW
Highlight:  The Frankfort Harbor, SUP surfing at Frankfort Beach, 80 degrees at midnight in Empire.

Frankfort area wind data